A Night Scene. The Cable Entangled and Nearly Broken, July 18th, 1866, Robert Charles Dudley, 1865–66
A Night Scene. The Cable Entangled and Nearly Broken, July 18th, 1866, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 8 x 10 1/4 in. ( x 26 cm), Drawings, Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826–1909), One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer
Size: 5328px × 4099px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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